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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] per-task I/O throttling
Andrea Righi wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
>
>> Andrea Righi wrote:
>>
>>> [I/O-intensive] processes can noticeably impact the system responsiveness
>>> for some time and playing with tasks' priority is not always an
>>> acceptable solution.
>>>
>>>
>> Why?
>>
>>
>
> Well, I mean, we can't use 'nice' to grant less priority for the I/O
> intensive app, because the I/O intensive app itself doesn't need a lot
> of CPU. Instead, the I/O-bound app eats all the available I/O bandwidth,
> that's a different issue.

That's what I was thinking. Your original, "not always an acceptable
solution," made me wonder if you were referring to something obscure.


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